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Hexe - name found on google when I googled witch cat names and then did a translation to double-check. I am only human so if it's not perfect I am sorry. I am from England hence the use of mum and dad plus that is what Hermione would refer to her parents as.
No beta as I am a lone wolf with only spell check, grammerly and google translate at my disposal.
Previously…..This was it, she had to tell them her story, the story of how an otter fell in love with a ferret. She looked at Harry and Ron and drew in all the Gryffindor courage she could "well it started at the start of the final year of Hogwarts, you know after we had returned after the war….." she closed her eyes and began her story.
[Flash back to the first day of year eight of Hogwarts]
Hermione opened her eyes to the familiar sight of her bedroom, sitting up to stretch she caught sight of her hair in the mirror laughing to herself how reminiscent it was of her younger more innocent days before the other Gryffindor girls had taken it upon themselves to show her how to tame her lion's mane into shiny chestnut curls, not that her appearance was everything of course but it helped her out when on the run, after all, living in a tent she hardly had the chance to look in a mirror some days.
Looking around her room at the pictures she had accumulated throughout her Hogwarts years both magical and muggle photographs, she never thought any of what she had been through would ever happen to her in a million years and she never thought that she would be going back without Harry or Ron.
She got out of bed putting on her clothes for the day then doing her hair with a wave of her wand and went out of her bedroom downstairs to the kitchen to make a cup of tea and some toast, while the kettle was boiling she gazed up towards the kitchen table she could almost see her parents sat there, her dad doing the crossword in his usual black ballpoint pen, a ring from his coffee cup on the paper and crumbs from his toast spread across the page and her mum who would be sat with her usual oatmeal and blueberries with a cup of tea looking up to smile at her. Hermione's kitten jumped on the table meowing at her causing the memory to disappear suddenly as it had appeared to her, she really missed her parents and she missed Crookshanks, of course, she loved her the Russian blue breed she had been given after it had been found in Diagon Alley and as it was a half- kneazle she knew she had to take the female kitten in and Hexe was the perfect name as it meant witch, She stroked Hexe's fur before pulling the kitten close for a cuddle, she relished moments like this.
After having her breakfast she checked around the house that she had everything ready for Hogwarts before placing Hexe into her cage locking up the house and taking all her things to the alleyway behind her home before disapperating to kings cross station she placed wards around her home to make it appear to anyone walking past that the home was well lived in and like someone was always in as well as wards to prevent both magical and normal ways of break-ins. She landed in kings cross and placed her trunk, cage and bag onto a trolley and ran through the gate at platform 9 with plenty of time for the train to pull into the station she levitated her belongings onto the train and settled into one of the carriages letting Hexe out to settle on the seat next to her for a sleep as she read a book waiting for people to board, the door slid open and she heard a familiar voice that she could recognise anywhere "So you returned too - no surprise there knowing how studious you are" she looked up at the person to find it wasn't only him but there were two other slytherin returnees with him one tall lanky looking boy with a swooped fringe she recognised as Theodore Nott and the other a muscled boy who grinned at her she was sure was called Blaise Zabini who had filled out since last time she had seen him, but then so had Malfoy she noticed he wasn't the skinny gaunt looking boy from the days of war anymore his hair was full of shine, his eyes twinkled with mischief as he looked at her, his body lean but muscular from what she could see under his fitted muggle jumper and black jeans combination which threw her completely.
She sat up placing her bookmark where she had gotten up too "Malfoy, Zabini, Nott erm...nice to see you" she said tentatively not sure of how to greet them after everything that had happened, the three boys looked at each other and laughed not knowing how to react to this she tried to smile at them "Come on Granger we aren't going to bite you, didn't you get McGonagall's letter about house unity and all that fluffy stuff" Blaise said to her in a jovial booming voice. She couldn't disagree with that so she smiled at them and replied "in that case please call me Hermione, nice to see you Blaise, Theodore and….Draco" she found it hard to get his name out for some reason it felt like it had gotten stuck in her throat, soon enough the train started to move and the boys waved at her as they departed down the train to a carriage further down the train.
The doors slid shut as she released a breath she didn't know she was holding in and felt her kitten climbing into her lap startling her back to reality and picking up the book she had placed on the table but soon found herself unable to concentrate on anything anymore after that unusual moment between her and the three Slytherin boys. This was going to be an interesting year she thought as the Hogwart Express continued on it's journey.